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Locality Name:
Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 228
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 254617
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254617.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Adamson Mine (Panaminas Inc.; Adamson Claims; Adamson Tungsten Deposit; Wheeler Ridge Tungsten Mine; Blue Jay Claim)
Brownstone Mine (Brownstone Deposit; Brownstone Nos. 1 And 2 Claims)
Lakeview Mine (Lakeview Tungsten Mine; Carpenter And Brown; Gable Lakes Mine)
Lambert Mine (Irons Property)
Lucky Bill Mine
Molly Tungstite Claims (Blue Grouse Mine)
Mountain Basin Occurrence
Pine Creek Mine (Black Monster Mine; Snow Queen Mine; Pine Creek Tungsten Mine & Mill; Pine Creek Apt Plant; Pine Creek Custom Mill)
Tungstar Mine (Crawford; Tungstar Mine-Greeve Orebody; Greve Orebody; Mount Tom)
Union Mine

Latitude: 37°23'2"N
Longitude: 118°42'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.383888888889,-118.70194444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Ettringite
Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Stilbite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Powellite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Epidote Ettringite
Fluorite Garnet Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Stilbite Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	157200	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	157193,157200	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	157198,157200	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	157203	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	157193	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	228	216	3	157193,157197,157200	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	157193	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	157198,157200	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			4	157195,157196,157198,157200	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O			1	157200	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			4	157193,157194,157198,157200	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	228	216	1	157197	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	157200	1544
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	157200	209
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	157200	741
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			2	157200,157201	1271
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	157193,157200	5800
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)			1	157200	363
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	145	66	1	157202	2273
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			2	157193,157200	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	157200	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	228	216	1	157197	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	228	216	3	157195,157197,157198	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	145	66	8	157193,157194,157195,157196,157198,157199,157200,157202	4894
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	157200	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	228	216	1	157197	21482
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O			1	157200	268
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O			1	157200	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	157198,157200	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	157200	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	157200	1247

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_469	Quartz monzonite of Tungsten Hills, N of Scheelite (site); Pine Creek See Table A1.

12 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
NAVDAT-130500	228	216	222±6				130500			254617	Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-130501	228	216	222±6				130501			254617	Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-130503	228	216	222±6				130503			254617	Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-5696	159	144	151.5±7.5				5696			254617	Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00930_206_238	201.9	201.9	201.9	206_238		zircon			Zircon	254617	Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00930_207_235	204.4	204.4	204.4	207_235		zircon			Zircon	254617	Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01107_206_238	197.3	197.3	197.3	206_238		zircon			Zircon	254617	Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01107_207_206	227	227	227	207_206		zircon			Zircon	254617	Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01107_207_235	199.6	199.6	199.6	207_235		zircon			Zircon	254617	Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
NAVDAT-130497	228	216	222±6				130497			79112	Lucky Bill Mine, Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
Jen_0001460	145	66	Cretaceaous		age of associated magmatism					79542	Tungstar Mine (Crawford; Tungstar Mine-Greeve Orebody; Greve Orebody; Mount Tom), Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA	Tungstar	Poulin et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1500023	CM54_1147
Michelle_469	210	210	210	U-Pb	Preferred intrusive age	zircon	74	Yes	Zircon	274937	Tungsten Hills, West Bishop, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA	Tungsten Hills	Chen and Moore (1982)	10.1029/JB087iB06p04761	AJS299_93	See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group T (Triassic 195-225 ma).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R040020	Pine Creek Mine (Black Monster Mine; Snow Queen Mine; Pine Creek Tungsten Mine & Mill; Pine Creek Apt Plant; Pine Creek Custom Mill), Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R040020
R060114	Pine Creek Mine (Black Monster Mine; Snow Queen Mine; Pine Creek Tungsten Mine & Mill; Pine Creek Apt Plant; Pine Creek Custom Mill), Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R060114

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